Big Geordie Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Not surprised that the club have denied it, even it it is through Sky. They wouldn't know the truth if it came and bit them on the arse. The amount of lies that have poured out from NUFC since Ashley took over is beyond belief. Has any club ever treat it's own fans (and customers) with so much distain? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Amy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Considering the Chronicle denied it earlier, they are now backtracking Moat is on todays front cover pictured with Ashley apparently. ...as has been the case throughout the tortuous sale process, it is difficult to know who to believe.... Intriguingly Mr Moat’s secretary said today at Lugano Property Group headquarters in Melbourne Street, Newcastle he was “unavailable” because he was in London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Optimistic last night after many many many beers, now this morning, with my hangover - my brain, hurting, and being as realistic as possible - this deal sounds too good ot be true - and its prob 100% untrue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 The beeb ran with the Shepherd bid as well and their sources told them it would be accepted iirc. Never said they were incapable of being wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Me and my mate went on a stadium tour a couple of months ago, they took us into Moats box, the fella doing the tour said he was a big shaker in town....never heard of him personally lol Anyways whilst in the box one of the blokes on the tour, a cockney had what initially looked like a heart attack, me being the good citizen i am phoned for a ambulance since the bloke who was doing the tour was running round with his hands in the air team america style. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianovthetoon Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Considering the Chronicle denied it earlier, they are now backtracking Intriguingly Mr Moat’s secretary said today at Lugano Property Group headquarters in Melbourne Street, Newcastle he was “unavailable” because he was in London. He's having Pie and Mash with Joe Kinnear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Amy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Considering the Chronicle denied it earlier, they are now backtracking Intriguingly Mr Moat’s secretary said today at Lugano Property Group headquarters in Melbourne Street, Newcastle he was “unavailable” because he was in London. He's having Pie and Mash with Joe Kinnear You're probably right! Kinnear will be holding a press conference later today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 It's a shame he's not got serious financial backing and that its all going to be done on a shoestring, but it could be a good thing if done correctly, it would mean high earners like Geremi, Smith, Barton etc... will have to go, there is no choice in them staying if he can only muster £50m of his own coin and getting backing for the other half of the club, i guess there's no room for error and no room for freeloaders if the Moat guy comes in. Thankfully he'll be attached to the region, the club and the passion and of course the misery we've all been though for quite some time, and in that will be born a will to do great things for the club. I can see Shepherd having some kind of consultation role whether its official or hidden on this one while Moat gets used to the ins and outs. Geordie Chairman/owner & manager - should do the right things for the club, its just a real shame the club hasn't got some serious £££££'s to back up their ideas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 It's a shame he's not got serious financial backing and that its all going to be done on a shoestring, but it could be a good thing if done correctly, it would mean high earners like Geremi, Smith, Barton etc... will have to go, there is no choice in them staying if he can only muster £50m of his own coin and getting backing for the other half of the club, i guess there's no room for error and no room for freeloaders if the Moat guy comes in. Thankfully he'll be attached to the region, the club and the passion and of course the misery we've all been though for quite some time, and in that will be born a will to do great things for the club. I can see Shepherd having some kind of consultation role whether its official or hidden on this one while Moat gets used to the ins and outs. Geordie Chairman/owner & manager - should do the right things for the club, its just a real shame the club hasn't got some serious £££££'s to back up their ideas. How do you know that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 It's been speculated that Moat could have foreign money behind him - not been confirmed or denied as yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 50 pages in 3 days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 My heart can't take much more of this, I'm going to go the way of JFK. Each day I log on at lunchtime and there's pages and pages about a completely new group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Amy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 We're all clutching at straws really, but say if he has got American backing who will put up the cash while remaining in the background due to knowing next to nowt about "soccer franchises" while he fronts the bid then it might be good because they will run the business side while Moat runs the football side. I would be happy with that. But it is all speculation I wish something would actually happen!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 It's a shame he's not got serious financial backing and that its all going to be done on a shoestring, but it could be a good thing if done correctly, it would mean high earners like Geremi, Smith, Barton etc... will have to go, there is no choice in them staying if he can only muster £50m of his own coin and getting backing for the other half of the club, i guess there's no room for error and no room for freeloaders if the Moat guy comes in. Thankfully he'll be attached to the region, the club and the passion and of course the misery we've all been though for quite some time, and in that will be born a will to do great things for the club. I can see Shepherd having some kind of consultation role whether its official or hidden on this one while Moat gets used to the ins and outs. Geordie Chairman/owner & manager - should do the right things for the club, its just a real shame the club hasn't got some serious £££££'s to back up their ideas. How do you know that? He's going to put in half the money for the club, while some other investors put the other half in while they invest even more money in while he puts nothing more in? Doesn't really work like that. Unless he's not getting 50% of the club, and he's really paying £50m for 25% (or some kind of figures like this) while the other backer funds the rebuild and walks away with 75% of the club for their £50m stake and further £100m. It's already been said he's wealthy, but not wealthy enough to do this by himself, and Ashley with £2bn found it hard to commit financially to the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 There was supposed to be a deadline set for saturday for any bidders to come forward, not sure if it is to complete. Anyway if no one comes forward then Ashley is supposed to be taking the club of the market, so either way they should be some news this weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 My heart can't take much more of this, I'm going to go the way of JFK. Each day I log on at lunchtime and there's pages and pages about a completely new group. Its alreet Jill, we'll be linked with the ABBA group tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Thomo mouldy_uk Dave is definately telling the truth. It's going to be announced within the next few days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 My heart can't take much more of this, I'm going to go the way of JFK. Each day I log on at lunchtime and there's pages and pages about a completely new group. Its alreet Jill, we'll be linked with the ABBA group tomorrow. Mamma mia, here we go again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 The fkn Ronnie Gill man, club say he is not a serious contender, And Chronicle sources have speculated news of Mr Moat’s interest is nothing more than an attempt to flush out other bidders to bring the saga to a conclusion. Dear me they really are fkn party poopers like, loves to shit on everything positive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Even the mackem cow reckons it's on. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/aug/06/barry-moat-close-to-buying-newcastle-united Chances of Barry Moat buying Newcastle United said to be 60/40 • Tyneside businessman been negotiating deal for weeks • Would bring back Alan Shearer as manager * Louise Taylor * guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 August 2009 11.53 BST The odds of Barry Moat buying out Mike Ashley and spearheading a takeover at Newcastle United are said to be around 60/40. Moat, a Tyneside businessman in his early 40s who chaired Alan Shearer's testimonial committee, is understood to be being backed by heavyweight investment from the United States. Freddy Shepherd, the former Newcastle chairman, is thought not to be involved although he and Moat are believed to be good friends. Moat has been secretly negotiating with Ashley and Seymour Pierce, the London investment bank brokering the sale, for several weeks, completing exhaustive due diligence on the newly relegated Championship club. Even so, a final price has not yet been agreed and, according to sources, some "important detail" still needs to be ironed out before any sale can proceed. If a deal is going to happen it will be by the end of the weekend and should Moat's bid fall through, Ashley is likely to be left in charge of Newcastle for another season. It is thought that a potential bidder, almost certainly from the Middle East, who also displayed serious interest in the club, is no longer keen to proceed. Those close to the deal know that Moat and his backers have deliberated long and hard about taking the plunge and buying Newcastle. Indeed, although there is quiet optimism of a successful outcome, they also accept there is still "a real risk" of Moat and his underwriters walking away at the final hurdle. Newcastle's gargantuan wage bill is said to remain "a big issue" and the club's price – sources insist Ashley still wants "something pretty close to £100m" – will be dependent on how many players the club can sell before the weekend. It is thought two could leave today. The defender Sébastien Bassong is likely to have a medical at Tottenham Hotspur ahead of a mooted £10m transfer while Habib Beye could also be en route out of St James' Park, possibly to Aston Villa. Another concern at Seymour Pierce is that Moat, in the business sphere at least, is intensely private and had insisted his identity must be a closely guarded secret during the entire negotiating process. He has always maintained that his name must not be made public until any agreement is concluded and there was a tacit understanding he could walk away if it got out. Moat, who would want to reappoint Shearer as Newcastle's manager, is also worried that too many of the club's current squad appear unsuited to Championship football and that an instant return to the Premier League may be beyond the club. As a box holder at St James' Park he has witnessed the team's travails at first hand but, as a businessman, must decide whether he and his backers can bear the potential cost of two or more seasons in the Championship. Best known in the north-east for his former role as a founder and later owner and chief executive of Premier Direct Group, a South Shields-based company, little is known about what specifically Moat has done since stepping down from Premier Direct in 2005 for "personal reasons". A PLC, Premier Direct sold books and novelty toys and gifts to schools, hospitals and local authorities in the UK and Ireland. Later it got involved in the door-to-door selling of cosmetics and party planning catalogues. In 2008, three years after Moat's departure, its shares were suspended and the company was placed in administration. Meanwhile, in 2007, Moat spent around £18m on buying 2,566 acres of land in Northumberland from the Church Commission for "investment purposes". He and his wife are believed to live in the upmarket Darras Hall area to the north of Newcastle, where Shearer is a neighbour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Thomo mouldy_uk Dave is definately telling the truth. It's going to be announced within the next few days. Eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 The fkn Ronnie Gill man, club say he is not a serious contender, And Chronicle sources have speculated news of Mr Moat’s interest is nothing more than an attempt to flush out other bidders to bring the saga to a conclusion. Dear me they really are fkn party poopers like, loves to s*** on everything positive. Its because they know f*** all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 understood to be being backed by heavyweight investment from the United States Toon's Taylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iliketoonarmy Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 There was supposed to be a deadline set for saturday for any bidders to come forward, not sure if it is to complete. Anyway if no one comes forward then Ashley is supposed to be taking the club of the market, so either way they should be some news this weekend. Could be no, we all know who MA is... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Every single paper, plus the BBC are running with this story, but SSN is denying it, who do we believe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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